Valuable Win for Kosi Bay

3rd May 2008

Evergreen shuttle sire Spinning World again showed what a terrific stallion he is by backing up from siring an Oaks winner on Wednesday in Heavenly Glow to posting a Group Two success at Randwick on Saturday with Kosi Bay (6m Spinning World x Calvinia, by Varick) .

The Bart Cummings trained Kosi Bay had not won a race since April of 2006, but was turned out in magnificent order for the Group Two AJC Emancipation Stakes over 1600 metres and raced accordingly.

Ridden quietly at the tail of the field by Damien Oliver, she swooped on the leaders in the straight and proved too strong in the run home for Translate in scoring by a head.

Bred in New Zealand, Kosi Bay was offered by Haunui Farm at the 2003 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, where she was snapped up by Bart Cummings for $130,000.

The six year-old mare has won four races and placed 10 times from 30 starts earning $334,950 in prizemoney and as a Group Two winner is going to be a very valuable broodmare prospect.

She is a half-sister to New Zealand Group One winner Calveen being from the very good producer Calvinia, a half-sister by Varick to Group One SAJC South Australian Derby winner English Wonder, the dam of four-time Group One winner and ill-fated sire Dr Grace.

Kosi Bay is one of 37 stakes-winners worldwide for the Nureyev horse Spinning World, who has carved out an enviable record despite fertility issues and covered over 100 mares at Coolmore Australia last spring where he is now pernanently based.